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Chemours, DuPont and Corteva Settle $875 Million New Jersey PFAS Claims

New Jersey officials called it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.

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New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced the deal on Monday, calling it the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state.
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Flash Floods Are the ‘Hardest Kind’ of Disaster to Prevent, Experts Say

Scholars and designers of early warning systems say that there are still huge gaps in our ability to predict flash floods and warn those at risk.

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Flood-damaged homes lining the river in Chiva, near Valencia, Spain, in November. A flood alert system was in place but was not immediately activated.
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